"Backscatter" X-ray Screening Technology
Discussion of privacy concerns related to backscatter X-ray screening at airport security checkpoints, where "a passenger is scanned by rastering or moving a single high energy x-ray beam rapidly over their form. The signal strength of detected backscattered x-rays from a known position then allows a highly realistic image to be reconstructed." Includes links to news stories and websites. From the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a research center focusing on civil liberties issues.
URL: http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23408

Inside Cancer: Multimedia Guide to Cancer Biology
This interactive introduction to cancer biology contains four sections: hallmarks of cancer, causes and prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and pathways to cancer (cancer cells). Includes brief audio and video clips of scientists studying cancer, a world map showing cancer distribution, and a glossary. The site design and features make this complex subject very accessible to the layperson. Produced by the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
URL: http://www.insidecancer.org
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23354

Natalie Vivian Scott
This exhibit celebrates Natalie Vivian Scott (1890-1957), "decorated war hero, a celebrated newspaperwoman, an award winning playwright, a wilderness explorer, a Red Cross nurse, translator, teacher and social worker." She was "the only American woman in ... [World War I] to earn France's highest medal for courage, the Croix de Guerre." Also covers her involvement with the New Orleans French Quarter Renaissance and work in Taxco, Mexico. From the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University.
URL: http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/NVS/NVS_Home.htm
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23384

Make the Dirt Fly!
Illustrated presentation about the building of the Panama
Canal by French and American interests. Includes background about the Suez Canal built by the French (joining the Mediterranean and Red Seas, finished in 1869), selection of the canal route, workers and tropical diseases (such yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes), and civil and structural engineering issues. Includes photos, maps, and related documents about this canal first used in 1914. From the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
URL: http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Make-the-Dirt-Fly/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23399

Centenary of the Montessori Movement
This site from 2007 celebrates the 100th anniversary since Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first school. The site features background and a timeline about Montessori, extracts from Montessori's writings, an introduction to Montessori teaching pedagogy, a collection of photos showing Montessori programs in a variety of countries and settings, and articles about the Montessori teaching method. Also includes material about centenary events. From the Montessori Centenary Steering Committee.
URL: http://montessoricentenary.org
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23401